Basic Strategy Question

[RFB]

If your first two cards are a total that require a hit, and you still end up with a total like hard 16 and have 3 cards, do you still just hit untill you get a made hand?

 

[EasyRhino]

In general, yes.

In the specific case of 16 versus 10, and only in thise case, if you hit 16 via multiple cards, it's better to stand. Unless one of those cards is a 6, in which case you should hit, unless two cards are 5s and one is a 6, in which case you should stand.

It's that close of a call.

Also, it makes an almost unmeasurable difference in your long term results.

 

[Canceler]

If your first two cards are a total that require a hit, and you still end up with a total like hard 16 and have 3 cards, do you still just hit untill you get a made hand?

It depends on what card the dealer is showing.

 

[RFB]

I was just trying to figure out the more than 2 card total part of the chart because they only show you 2 card totals so I wonderd if the strategy shifted for multiple cards but I think I see the answer and that's the way I was doing it anyway. Thanks.